DOG ATTACK!!!

Monday was a day that everything seemed to happen and it just continued to build up. By the time I was to go pick up the kids I knew that I had NO patience left (don't act like you have never been there!!!) and it was not going to be a good time if I came home with them. I decided I needed to go to the gym and clear my head. When I went, I knew I did not want to get on any machines that I could feel the persons sweat, spit, breath and body heat up on my arm (never been in a gym with machines so squished together!) I found the spin bike room and realized that it supplies videos and the big Tv so you can do the workout any time you want. This was perfect for the day I was having, in a quiet dark room by myself with 20 bikes and a private instructor (that couldn't hear my moans as she requested the intensity to go up!)

  I was doing pretty well, I mean better than everyone else in the class!!!! ;)  The instructor was playing out all the scenes to motivate you to go faster etc. She would say you are trying to catch your friend or whatever. Well at one point she said we will be coming up to a dog soon and when I yell DOG ATTACK you go as hard as you can like you are pedaling for your life. So, she yells dog attack,  I hit the pedals and stand up as they show a picture of a dog on our heels. It was HARD I'm not going to lie. I wanted to be like forget it let the dog get me this is too hard. I kept going but BARELY.

   After we sat back down and went a regular speed God spoke to my heart and said "So when I yell Dog Attack in the spirit why do you sit down?"  OUCH!! Why is it when trial comes or hard things come we are just like "bless the Lord we are under attack" We should be giving it ALL we got, out running those demons, kicking them off us, worshiping like we never worshiped before, praying like we never prayed before....but we would rather sit and wallow in the misery.

 

                                       

    I guess even in the simple things God has a way of getting my attention. I will be sure though to listen when God yells DOG ATTACK. I am tired of allow the enemy the foothold, I am ready to kick his slates in! I am stronger than that because the King of Kings lives in me!!!

Fights over WHO sat where last! SOLVED!!

EVERY SINGLE NIGHT a fight broke out at the table over who's turn it was to sit by Papa!! Then after that was settled it was a fight over WHO prayed last and who turn it was next!!! Then if we ever had to go ANYWHERE it was a fight over who sat in the front last! They were going to make me lose my ever lovin' mind!! I tried to solve the problem of the car issue by switching every other day. Well the problem is I COULDN'T remember and we would stand there trying to figure out who sat there yesterday when I couldn't even remembered what I ate for breakfast! Wait did I even eat breakfast?

SO GOD ALMIGHTY gave me a vision BECAUSE HE LOVES ME....and I think He wanted me to keep my mind! (Yes I still have one!!)

So....drum roll......I made place mats!!! WHAT? You were waiting for something all fancy weren't you?
                                


They are a little crooked in this picture but it was a fly by night picture!!
I went onto good old Paint Brushv(using that program since high school! I am a pro!) and drew circles of the plate, a box on each side and then a cirle at the top corner. I labeled each item so they can learn how to set the table properly! I know clever!! Put their names on them. Cut it out and glued it on fall colored paper!!

Now the girls always sit on one side and boys on the other.  Every Monday the girls switch spots and the boys switch spots!! WALA!! No more listening to "YOU SAT THERE LAST NIGHT!" "NO I DIDN'T!!"

Then the boy and girl who sit by Papa also get to sit in the front seat (middle seat of the van) the whole week!! NO MORE FIGHTING!! Its soooo peaceful...pshhh...they argue about the order of who gets in now!! LOL

Now on the table  I  bought the thick clear plastic at JoAnn Fabrics so the papers go UNDER the plastic and don't get ruined! I will change them up every season to make them fresh!

For prayer I am going to put a prayer card under the plastic and rotate it each night. Prayer is a serious issue in this house..I have kids BAWLING cause someone else started praying when it was CLEARLY their turn!! If only us adults would be that upset over prayer...

This is our own Pinterest attempt with the kids. Its is nice a fall colored!!! They kinda had fun! It was hard for all four to help do a lot! It would be a individual project!!

Blogs that delete themselves and MANURE!

               I had decided it would be easier to keep everyone updated with details by starting a blog. I typed out this long blog about moving across the country WITH PICTURES EVEN!! Well I went back over it and was satisfied with it, hit submit and NOTHING!!! That was 3 months ago! I have been so disgusted with it I didn't want to even try to put anymore time in it.

        Now for try two!!!

           I am very new to the whole blogging thing so forgive my mistakes!! This blog will cover everything from church, kids, crafts, coupons, menu planning, projects, and just life in general.

           On a more personal note I recently deactivated facebook!!! SHOCK! I know. My phone only blew up the first two weeks telling me something was wrong my facebook wasn't pulling up!!!! Most of my life I have struggled with what people think of me and looking for their affirmation in my life. Well people let you down!! DUH!! I miss the social part of facebook but right now I know God is having me find myself in Him and ignore the rest. I was just sick of people speaking down to me like I don't know much or I am a nobody..well I'm not famous....but I try to make a difference in peoples lives. Every time I start to feel like I am "getting" anywhere in life someone comes along and is sure to make me feel like I am the dirt they walk on. I try to ignore them but I just can't. I realized that I waver because I haven't given my weaknesses to God and found my worth in Him! At least I haven't completely! I know what He says about me and He thinks about me but I haven't got it deep down in because everyone else's opinions have taken up that space instead of my creator! My creator made me LOUD! My creator gave me the desire to make people smile and laugh (EVEN WHEN IT GETS ME IN TROUBLE!!) I am who I am because of HIM! People like me make your life more interesting!! I can express myself through drama's with music better than I can with words. Some people look at me like I have three heads...maybe I do? I guess over the next 21 days God is leading me to just push in to discover who I am in HIM and to push out all the other voices!!!
         I had a friend named Jenny in high school. She walked with me on a back road one day and I was upset cause again I had annoyed everyone with my hyperness, I will never forget what she said to me. I asked her why I was always put down and things always went wrong for me. She said "there is always someone that has to get pooped on." At that time I was angry it had to be me...but I understand now. A few years back I went to a woman in the woods retreat at Pine Springs, Pa (HIGHLY recommended place to go!!) A lady talked about manure!!! Yes I paid to hear about manure!!! JUST WAIT!!! Have you ever drove by a field and smelled the deep aroma coming from that poop truck driving around? Yummy right? Does it smell good? HECK NO! BUT it must obviously do something for the crops for them to randomly throw poop all over the field?! (WHO Discovered this and HOW?)
 The point being manure helps to fertilize the crops so when you are getting "pooped" on, YES you might WILL stink, remember you are being fertilized!! You will grow even more than before!! If someone never has trials they will just stay where they are and wont really grow!

        I challenge you to find who you are in HIM and ignore the other voices!! Their words are just manure in your life to fertilize your growth! You are more than what those people say about you!! Be blessed!